Bearcats Release 2007/2008 Schedule

Bearcats men's basketball schedule is released by the University of Cincinnati for the 2007/2008 season. Here is the official press release received today by Bearcat Insider.

CINCINNATI —
The 2007-08 University of Cincinnati men's basketball season, which opens
Nov. 9-11 with the inaugural Peggy Cronin Classic, will feature 16 games against
teams that participated in postseason action last March.

The Bearcats will be pitted against 11 squads that made last year's NCAA
Tournament, including two Sweet Sixteen teams and Final Four participant
Georgetown, the defending BIG EAST Conference
champion.

The inaugural Peggy Cronin Classic, which is named for head coach Mick Cronin's late-mother, tips off the season on Friday-Sunday, Nov. 9-11. The
three-day round-robin tournament includes Bowling Green, Western Carolina, and
Belmont, which captured the Atlantic Sun title and a trip to the NCAA's in
2007.

"This season's schedule is very challenging to say the least," said head
coach Mick Cronin. "We have some quality non-conference teams coming to
Fifth Third Arena to start off the season in the Peggy Cronin Classic.
Obviously this is a special event for my entire family, as we plan to donate
sponsorship proceeds to cancer research.

Cronin continued, "The schedule gets tough quickly as we have only one
game on campus in December, versus Memphis, who is preseason No. 1 in the
nation. The road games versus UAB, Illinois State, Xavier and NC State
will prepare us for what we will see in the Big East. We are young and
this is a challenging non-league schedule. Our fans will get to see us with a
full roster and playing exciting up-tempo basketball that will be fun to watch."

Following road games at UAB (Dec. 1) and Illinois State (Dec. 8), the
Bearcats will travel across town to the Cintas Center on Wednesday, Dec. 12 to
renew the annual Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout versus Xavier
University. The game will be broadcast at 7 p.m. on ESPN2 and is the first
of three straight nationally televised games for UC.

Following the Musketeers, Cincinnati will return to Fifth Third Arena on
Dec. 19 to take on former Conference USA rival Memphis on Dec. 19 on ESPN2
before traveling to North Carolina State on Dec. 23 for a rematch of last year's
80-71 Bearcat victory at Fifth Third Arena. The NC State game will air on Fox
Sports Net at 7:30 p.m.

The Bearcats close out the non-conference portion of its schedule
Saturday, Dec. 29 with its annual holiday matchup versus Miami University (OH)
at U.S. Bank Arena.

For the first time since 1998-99, the BIG EAST will be playing an 18-game
league schedule after playing 16 games the last eight years. The new 18-game
format has schools playing each league opponent once and three teams twice.

"The Big East schedule is going to be tough as always and we hope that we
will grow as a team in time for conference play, said Cronin. "This is a
very big year for us towards building our program back to national
prominence. I am very pleased to say the least with our recruiting efforts
in the last 17 months and that has put us in position to be optimistic about the
upcoming season."

Cincinnati will face Connecticut, Pittsburgh, and St. John's in three
home-and-home series. Connecticut, along with Marquette, are the two teams
Cincinnati did not face in BIG EAST play last season.

UC's road schedule does not get any easier as it includes trips to
reigning BIG EAST Regular-Season and Tournament champion Georgetown along with
Louisville, Notre Dame, and West Virginia, the winner of last year's National
Invitation Tournament (NIT).

Season tickets for men's basketball are on sale now and can be purchased
by calling the Athletics Ticket Office at 1-877-CATS-TIX or by going online at
www.CATSTIX.com.